THE NEW YORKER and there were quite a few striding along all by themselves Brownie explained that one of the advantages of the sport is that if you are in a mood for solitude and don't want to talk to anybody, you don't have to. The majority of beaglers are not that unsocial; they talk to each other like anyone else. There was an extreme instance of sociability not long ago when a male whip and a lady whip, after admiring each other's green coats for several Sundays, got married. The conversations I overheard as we walked along were unromantic. They concerned horses, regim.ents, gardens, Long Island social activities, drinking, and the war. Two girls who h.ad evidently been down South were chatting about beagling. "I had a marvellous time in Virginia," said one. "I hunted with a different pack every day." "It was simply divine in Maryland," said the other . "We started to hunt at nine and didn't finish till four in the afternoon." Brownie told me that the weather was satisfactory for hunting, although our lack of success up to that point didn't indicate it. The ground was damp and the air was cold, a combination that would have produced a rich, clinging scent had there been any hares around. Beagles are supposed to hunt only with their noses; it is regarded as poor form for them to lift their heads at all, and they have been known to lose track of a rabbit when it was in plain sight of the whole field. I was beginning to think we would never meet up with a rabbit when the hounds suddenly gave tongue and lit out for a patch of woods, with the huntsman, the Masters, the whips, and the field scrambling after them. We stopped talking and ran. Somebody gasped out, without changing his stride, that a jack had been viewed on a knoll. We plunged into the woods, where the huntsman was yelling to a hound who had strayed from the pack on some investigation of his own, "Come on, come, come away, come, brave boy!" As w.e rushed down a path, stum- bling over roots of trees, we passed a horseman, who seemed startled and em- barrassed by the unexpected traffic. As soon as the hounds had crossed his trail, they began to dash around in aimless circles and Mr. Wing ordered us to check. He said that the horse's scent had undoubtedly crossed the jack's. Mr. Baker went on a short distance by him- self, bending over and sniffing intently at the ground, like a beagle. A small boy grabbed a lady by the hand and asked, "Mother, have we lost the bait?" His tllother looked pained. After scouting around for a while, 53 ( ì ,,'= 7; l ":' . ' f?:':::' \' :J; :::t :4 '.' ..".. -"::;:) . '.. . '). .,:t" ::: 1' .,.... .:.:.:.'.:.: ,1 "WI ( ..' ; . ,,::t. .:. f .; ì; · : l!f ( } ;r;' }' ; / \ . <i.V '.. '=.., r ,. - . . .. 'F.>.. ;j'. t : ;f v t :.' ' ., ,: ',:':',:' . , .' . ':""v ..:'" :? < ... .,'.' >:.}{t: ::::::.,:,<. : i , ":'.: .:.. . .j /"-::.},'./ .:.::": ."- .: " ... '/,:::..;J... :.::. .-::::: : : iJ. :".. '. ,: Jl ....:::i': ...-.-- - ...,:@ ..', . .:...-:-..::/...r;;:::::':;;,í J::" :t:". ':::;:'f- / : :t ;:(:: .. '", ::" .. .; i{ ' .. . ..... : : í;:: ' ::':" . .::t: :':::: ':;.,. ,::':'". '"'.' { : : :\:: "' ::.,.]. :: ..: ":".:: ':::: ::- "0::"' "...- .:: 01) (- ". I' / . ,i .!ÇJ, . ;i::: ..:t ". . .: ";'. . ir ' I.. :. .:.-';:;-w '. :'::;:;::::"t:t.,..>.. "";"::{L :>::r if:.:.... .. ':. .... < ( ::; ; ;:: ;; <.. , '\. .. ,; j ..... -..:_-.r. "._'. ._ \ . :::;:" " >. '->:... .1 J ;..,. . .: .;.J. . .. .. / ": :. ./' .! :.: .,/ l Friendly Relations #5 in Peckcheck Pastel Tweeds by Farnsworth A distinguished family, our Peckchecks - as responsibly thrifty as any woman to the manner of the million-heiress born. And their caste is as unmistakable when they're mixed with other costumes as when they are grouped ensemble. In grey, pink, blue, maize, or beige loveliness by Farnsworth. The slim cardigan iacket, $14.95; skirt, $8.95; casual box coat, $32.95; hat, $5.95; bog, $5.95. FIFTH AVE. AT 41st. 48th. 55th. MADISON AT 67th - BOSTON · CHICAGO · DETROIT CLEVELAND. HARTFORD. MILWAUKEE. MINNEAPOLIS · PHILADELPHIA · ST. LOUIS